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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “canapes” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

34 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
canapes11121308(None) 
canape10913511canape_
agapes95212412_agapes
anapest9311552_anapest
camases114216342camases
canaled103615562canaled
canals84421662cana_ls
canards10311202canards
canaries10318942canaries
candies104125612candies
candles104422342candles
canes75350372can__es
cangues10611822cangues
canines93724032canines
canoes84725882can_oes
canopies12311852canopies
cantles94721412cantles
canvases13349512canvases
capes95441922c__apes
carafes125015702carafes
carates95630612carates
carnages11312212carnages
catnaper1294932catnaper
catnapers1364762catnapers
catnaps1197032catnap_s
chapes135421872c_hapes
crapes104727692c_rapes
cyanates13238432cyanates
hanaper1237132hanaper
hanapers1346962hanapers
manages103418962manages
napes74828462__napes
sarapes94617742sarapes
watapes12228382watapes

Search took 4 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911076710.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit107671343.32632372.5
3Display Results34340.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691343.76247498.9
 
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